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The Picture of Dorian Gray Characters' Approach to Art and Life

and how they interpret life and art. In focusing on this subject we incorporate two essays which discuss aspects of art and life f...

An Irish Art Interpretation

In eight pages Patrick Hennessy's postwar surreal painting is examined in terms of meaning and in an exhibition setting with a dis...

Life and Poetic Art of Walt Whitman

to Whitmans own estimates, he aided over 100,000 soldiers during this period, many of whom became his devoted friends (Valiumas 70...

Metropolitan Museum of Art and a Virtual Tour of the American Wing

represent American copies of European styles from Holland, France, and England. The craftsmanship on these pieces is excellent. Th...

The Life and Art of Armando Morales

life. According to a biography at LatinArt.com (2001), he then moved on to combine "figurative elements with broad abstract forms....

Human Expression and Art as an Essential Component

boundaries of time to impact audiences of today. Take the popular artistic design dubbed "Kokapelli", for example. Kokopelli is ...

Cultural Influences Exerted by the Life and Art of Robert Frost

other poets of the time by rejecting modernism. As this poem demonstrates, Frost frequently drew his imagery from nature. While m...

The Significance of Indonesian Tribal Art

There is a belief that it may well have been hung up and used much like drums that have been found in the region (Metropolitan Mus...

Abstraction, Modernist Temper, Art and Literature

yet they were incredibly symbolic and modern in their approach. It was not enough to say life was harsh, or to illustrate a beauti...

Surfing and the Korean Martial Art Tang Soo Do

Byuck Ki, Taek Kyun and others" (Tang Soo Do). When Korea won its independence from Japan in 1945, Korean martial arts "flourish...

Japanese Edo Art and Vincent Van Gogh's The Courtesan

the Japanese woman is "framed" by a pond that features water lilies, reeds and bamboo, as well as two figures in a boat, two frogs...

Impressionism/Music & Art

characterizes both the music and the art of the impressionist movement. As a term, "impressionism" derives from a painting by Cl...

Elephants, Rhinos, Kob Antelope, Leopards And Buffalo: Meaning In African Art

presence or a leopards sleek passage. One pertinent example of their dual power as animals in African art is the Cameroon elephan...

Art Critique: Reaction

himself, on a pedestal that is covered in fabric. The photo is a profile of the man and his entire body, save for a small portio...

TQM in North America

means of positively altering corporate culture in ways beneficial to the organization. Overview of TQM TQM eventually came ...

Art of Interior Design

fall back job in case something else doesnt come along. The truly gifted interior designer is someone who seeks to bring harmony a...

Coen Brothers' Film O Brother, Where Art Thou?

in this film provides a means of relating the voyage that takes place without actually showing scene after scene of constant motio...

Hellenistic and Classical Eras' Achievements in Science, Art, and Literature

say that a great deal of struggle was not taking place during part of the Classical era, but it was a time of ideas and trading an...

Art Aspects of 3 Impressionist Works

is characterized by a way of seeing-by the attempt to capture the fleeting effects of light by applying paint in small, quick stro...

Art of the Ancient Middle East

made or coins minted (Ancient near eastern art). Because the figures on the plates are not labeled, they cannot be identified wit...

Sculptural Art Objects

It is very realistic, and not symbolically representative in its style. The Spirit Spouse is very geometric in style and very sym...

Citizen Kane, Cinematic Art

reporter investigating this issue and interviewing the various people who new Kane. From the newsreel, the audience learns that ...

Impressionism Crisis Impact Upon the Art of Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin

with Monet perhaps remaining the one true Impressionist for much of its popularity (Abbeville Press). Gauguin and Van Gogh In t...

Silk Roads Exhibit in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

historical research in terms of how, perhaps, other nations such as Korea were influenced by China or Japan. Such study wo...

Kempo Style of Martial Arts

technique, its origins and finally, its application. Kempo was not originally called, Kempo, but rather Shorinji Toraken Ry...

William Sidney Mount and Samuel F.B. Morse and Their Approaches to American Art

were the most significant paintings for American to know and recognize. Nearly forty paintings and two sculptures can be found in ...

Two Art Works Compared

a rather poor situation. One can pick out the bride when one looks carefully enough, but she is nothing like one would expect a br...

Jan Lenica and Peter' Max's Poster Art

territory remaining to this young vagabond - America (Contemporary and Modern Art By Important Artists: Peter Max). The images M...

Ethnography Art

to these questions while lending considerable insights into how certain prejudices continue to be perpetuated in the twenty-first ...

Mozart's Life and Musical Art

from all records, it appears as though Mozart was not altogether happy as a child. One author notes the following: "When he was on...